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Brantley County is a county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 18,021. The county seat is Nahunta. Brantley County is part of the Brunswick, Georgia metropolitan statistical area.




History


Georgia voters passed a state constitutional amendment on November 2, 1920, to form Brantley County from pieces of three earlier surrounding Georgia counties: Charlton, Pierce, and Wayne counties. Although the precise origin of the county name is unknown, it is believed that it honors U.S. Representative (congressman) William Gordon Brantley or his father, Benjamin Daniel Brantley, a well-known local merchant and Confederate States Army soldier in the American Civil War (1861-1865).




Geography


According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 447 square miles (1,160 km2), of which 442 square miles (1,140 km2) is land and 4.8 square miles (12 km2) (1.1%) is water. The Satilla River runs through Brantley County.
The bulk of Brantley County, from east of Hortense south to west of Waynesville and west to east of Waycross, is located in the Satilla River sub-basin of the St. Marys-Satilla basin. The county's eastern border area, east of Waynesville, is located in the Cumberland-St. Simons sub-basin of the St. Marys-Satilla River basin. A small northwestern corner, west of Hortense, is located in the Little Satilla sub-basin of the larger St. Marys-Satilla River basin, and a very small southwestern corner of Brantley County is located in the Upper Suwannee River sub-basin of the larger Suwannee River basin.




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= Adjacent counties

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Wayne County - northeast
Glynn County - east
Camden County - southeast
Charlton County - south
Ware County - west
Pierce County - northwest




= Communities

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Cities

Hoboken
Nahunta



Census-designated places

Hickox
Hortense
Waynesville



Unincorporated communities

Fort Mudge
Schlatterville




Demographics



As of the 2020 United States census, there were 18,021 people, 6,823 households, and 4,578 families residing in the county.




Education






Politics


Brantley County is a Republican stronghold. The last Democrat to carry the county was Bill Clinton in 1992, and it has swung hard to the right in the following elections. In 2020, Donald Trump carried the county with 90.2% of the vote, the most out of any county in Georgia.




See also



National Register of Historic Places listings in Brantley County, Georgia
List of counties in Georgia




References


GeorgiaInfo Brantley County Courthouse History
GeorgiaInfo record of the Brantley County State Historical Marker




Notes






External links


Media related to Brantley County, Georgia at Wikimedia Commons

Brantley County historical marker

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